Religious and cultural impact of India on Dunhuang caves of China: a comparative and critical study

Talim, Meena

ISBN: 9789380852836, 9380852835

Rgyal dbang Ajitendra 'ma skyabs mgon mi sam dbang po'i rnam par thar pa kun tu bzang po'i yon tan gyi me long zhes bya ba dang gsang gsum gzhom med rdo rje'i zlos gar.............

Skyabs 'gro ba ma ni ka dang 'gro kun...

ISBN: 9789937834032, 9937834031

.....dga ba'i bshes gnyen;;;.....zhes bya ba ed. by mkhan po bshad grub bstan 'dzin

Ridi Vihare: the flowering of Kandyan art

Tammita-Delgoda, SinhaRaja

Known in Sinhala as the ``Silver Vihare, the shrine of Ridi Vihare has its origins during the early days of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. This work traces the art and history of the temple from the 2nd century B.C. to 1815 A.C.

The roots of Thai art, tr. by Narisa Chakrabongse

Krairiksh, Piriya

ISBN: 9786167339115, 6167339112

The genius of the Mon and Khmer peoples, who inhabited what is present day Thailand from the 4th to the 13th centuries, manifested itself in the absorption of influences from India and China into a distinctive local sacred art with quite exceptional aesthetic qualities. The author retraces these multiple interactions in the early and mediaeval period so as to reveal the roots of the unique cult...

Sacred art of Nepal Nepalese Paubha paintings: past and present

Shakya, Min Bahadur

ISBN: 9789993337317, 9993337315

Sacred treasures

Wisdom, Divine

ISBN: 9788186230596, 8186230599

Sakyamuni's return journey to Lumbini (lumbiniyatra): a study of a popular theme in Newar Buddhist art and literature

Buhnemann, Gudrun

ISBN: 9789937294621, 9937294622

Sakyamuni: an exhibition of rare Thankas

Tsewang, Lobzang

Science and golden ratios in mandala architecture

Rao, Rekha

ISBN: 9788124605875, 8124605874

The study presents the structural, philosophical and scientific perspectives of some mandalas belonging to the early Calukya, late Calukya and the Hoysala temples of South India.

The Shan: culture, art and crafts

Conway, Susan

ISBN: 9789749863060, 9749863062

The Shan States are uniquely situated at the crossroads of inland Southeast Asia and are bordered by China, Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand.

Sigiriya: city, palace and royal gardens, 13th ed.

Bandaranayake, Senake

ISBN: 9556131116109, 6131116105

Sigiriya: Kassapa's homage to beauty

Gunasinghe, Siri

ISBN: 9789556650037, 9556650032

A work on Sigiriya, the palace in the sky of King Kassapa (5th cent.), widely regarded as a magnificent architectural and garden complex and accorded a world heritage status.;

Sinhalese monastic architecture: the viharas of Anuradhapura

Bandaranayake, Senake

ISBN: 9788125036753, 812503675X

Anuradhapura was the major centre of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and the country's principal city from the 3rd century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. This study focuses on the remains of the Buddhist monasteries in and around the city. It proposes a framework for studying this monastic architecture, attempts an interpretation of the Sinhalese tradition and places its forms and concepts in a wide histo...

Wide awake: twenty years of drawings across the Indian subcontinent

Vernier, Martin

ISBN: 9789394852075, 9394852077

What words struggle to describe, the author's drawings, scented and sonorous, whisper to us in impromptu confidences as they pass by. The detail of the lines, the balance of the proportions, the rendering of the movements, the description that informs or explains, all this is melded together. Erudite and thoughtful, Martin disappears in his drawings and leaves the field open to you. He is the k...

A source book of the early Buddhist inscriptions of Amaravati

Francis, N.J.

ISBN: 9789382396369, 9382396365

This book presents the available corpus of the donative epigraphs, recovered during the last two centuries, from the early Indian Buddhist monastic site of Amaravati in the south-eastern Deccan.

The spirit of Buddha, photographs by Robin Kyte-Coles, foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

ISBN: 9783832793159, 3832793151

Sri Dalada Maligava, the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic: symbol of Buddhist faith and sovereignty in Sri Lanka, Vol.1: History and architecture of the temples

Seneviratna, Anuradha

ISBN: 9789556651249, 9556651241

This is volume 1 of the 2 volume set. This volume deals with the history and architecture of the temples which housed the Sacred Tooth Relic in various parts of the Island, beginning with Anuradhapura where it was initially housed after Princess Hemamala and Prince Danta brought it from the Kalinga country in India in the 4th century AD.

Sri Dalada Maligava, the temple of The Sacred Tooth Relic: symbol of Buddhist faith and sovereignty in Sri Lanka, Vol.2: rituals, customs and ceremonies

Seneviratna, Anuradha

ISBN: 9789556651232, 9556651233

The Sacred Tooth Relic and the Temple from historical times, which still continue to be performed to this day. These rites, the legacy of over to thousand years of Buddhist worship, provide and unbroken lineage between the past and the present, and their continuation ensures a heritage for the future. Daily rites, weekly rites, monthly rites and yearly rites are dealt with in detail. These book...

Sugatakaya parimapa prakarana cintamani of Sman-Than-Pa-Sman-Bla-Don-Grub, Tibetan version and Hindi translation, by Penpa Dorjee Shastri

Sulima pagoda: east meets west in the restoration of a Nepalese temple

Theophile, Erich et al.

ISBN: 9780834805262, 083480526X